SAVAGE ASSAULT
[WOMAN ATTACKED IN
BED
TWO MEN ROBBERS
(fly Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHBISTCHUBCH, This Day.
A brutal assault occurred at Leitchjfeld beach last night, when Mrs. Annie 'Elizabeth. Evans, an elderly woman who : lives alone in a shop and dwelling, was attacked and throttled and bound by .two men, who stole jewellery valued at [* 100 and £5 in cash.
The assault occurred between 2 and 3 a.m., when Mrs. Evans was in bed. The locality is almost deserted ■ during mid-week, and no one else saw the men.
After hitting the woman on the head ■the men partly throttled her, threw ammonia in her eyes, and then tied her flown on the bed by both the arms and *«gS. ' : ' ' f ' ■'/ ..'.,. This' morning Mrs. Evans was still blind from the effects of the ammonia and was suffering greatly from shock. Her condition is serious, but/she was able to furnish a description to the jidlic'e. ■ ; v , ■ - ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 123, 20 November 1931, Page 10
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153SAVAGE ASSAULT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 123, 20 November 1931, Page 10
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